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Aster E. Bunnymund was hurting, he dragged his legs behind him. He was injured by a hunter that he still believe in him, The Easter Bunny. He had just finished delivering his Easter eggs, when a hunter had been hiding waiting for him with a shotgun. Bunny was afraid as he leaped away from the hunter. He had heard from the other animal spirits that there was a human hunting for animal or anything usual. He had to warn Tooth Fairy, but before he could get safely. He was shot in the hind leg, Bunny cried out as he limped slowly, but fast enough. He was about to stand up to tap the ground to get a burrow when another bang went out and hit his lower calf.

Bunny cried out as he was running on adrenaline. Bunny was once in his life afraid, he had to get to the others. Bunny was in pain, he tried to get away from the hunter as he looked back to notice a trail of blood behind him. Bunny whimpered as he tried to open a burrow, as he dragged himself to a river. Bunny grinned as he went to the river drinking the rushing water, sipping the coldness that was greatly helped against his heated body. Bunny knew it was a sign of infection as he dragged his body under a bush. Maybe Sandy could find him with his dreams.

Bunny was jerked awake when he notice that he was in a barn with a blanket and hay as his bed. He was looking down at his legs to see that he was covered with a cool blanket as he lifted his head, a cool cloth fell from his forehead. Bunny was looking around to see that he was in a horse stall, the door was shut as he laid back down with the cloth on his forehead as he heard footsteps. He laid still, pretending to sleep. He had the blanket back on him as he heard the creaking door open, he heard a sigh as the cloth was removed to be replace with a cooler cloth. He had to look as he opened his eyes to see a woman of maybe in her twenties holding a bowl of streaming carrot soup. Bunny tried sitting up as he grunted. The woman smiled as she put pillows behind Bunny's head. He yawned as she set a breakfast tray on his lap.

He felt weak as he tried eating the steam broth that had carrots in it, but it was good to smell. The woman was feeding him the soup as the warmth settle in his belly, after giving him a stomach full of food, it was making him sleepy. She was smiling as she petted his cheek, he smiled as it felt good. His leg did the natural response, trying to kick in joy, but the earth shattering pain made him jerk back. She gasped, "I'm sorry. I wouldn't have done that, if I have known."

He was trying to calm her down, but the soup must have had medicine, because the next thing he knew he was off in dream world.

It was another Easter gone wonderful, the children were smiling including a little girl that was hopping around like a bunny when a teenage boy pushed her in the ground. The boy's mother spanked his butt with a stick as he cried and shrieked. The little girl was watching her brother be punish, she just stood up brushing off the dirt, and watched as one of her eggs rolled to a nearby river that was cold in the spring weather. She was walking following the rolling egg. Bunny shook his head hoping the girl would not follow the egg into the river. The egg rolled gently into the river, the little girl shouted, "Mr. Egg! Come back here."

She followed the egg as it bounced in the water, like it was trying to swim. Bunny kept close as he spotted her brother come to the edge where the egg had hidden from the little girl's reach. She had ahold of it, when her brother barely pushed her in with his foot. The little girl blinked as she fell into the water, she swam up to the top as the river swiftly carried her down to the rushing water. Bunny raced to reach her as she held onto the egg, he reached down, and cradling her water soaked body to his chest as she blinked up at him with shiny dark blue eyes, she giggled, "Easter Bunny."

He smiled, "That's right, ankle – biter."

She patted his cheek as she gave him a hug, "Thank you for egg."

He smiled, "You're welcome."

She was watching him as he hopped from rock to rock as they cross the river, she laughed as he bounced with her holding onto his fur and onto the egg. She was laughing as he helped her collect her eggs back into her basket as he gave her a couple more. She laughed as she hugged Bunny. Bunny was happy as she laughed, "Me believe in Bunny."

Bunny was laughing as she climbed onto his back as he bounced near her family as she crawled off his back, she whispered into his ear, "I'll always believe in you, even when I'm a big person."

Bunny smiled, but knowing that she would have to grow up and be an adult. She went to her mother who was worried, but surprised when her little girl came back all wet. The little girl ran back to said goodbye, but Bunny wasn't there. He closed his eyes as he tapped the ground twice, and dropped into the hole. The little girl was sad, she didn't get to said goodbye, but smiled as she looked at her new eggs.

Bunny woke up to see that it was daylight, last night wasn't a dream; he wondered how long he had been here. As he sat up, looking around, there were horses neighing as he saw the woman loading hay into their feeding bins. They settled as they had their breakfast, the woman had long braid that went to her knees, it was a thick braid as she looked around felt like she was being watched. She turned her head to see Bunny watching her. She smiled as she went to a basket where she carried over to Bunny's stall and pulled the door open. It creaked under the wheels as she opened the door.

She smiled as she kneeled down, "How you feeling?"

He grunted as he tried to stretch out his legs, he rubbed his thigh, "Sore."

She nodded, "Do you feel hot? Yucky, anything like that."

He had the blanket off, but wrapped that back around himself, even with his fur, he felt chilled. She wrapped another blanket around his legs, Bunny was sighing, "Shelia, I have to go back sometime."

She nodded sadly, "But can that happen after you are all healed."

He could feel the nerves in his legs repairing as he nodded, "I'll stay for now."

She hugged him around the neck, Bunny chuckled as he did a one arm hug around her waist, when her next words caught his attention, "I'll always believe in you."

The little girl's word rang in his ears, he nodded as he went to back to sleeping.

The next three days went by quickly, when it started raining. Bunny was shivering as he started sneezing. He was feeling tired when the woman walked in, she was walking around trying to hurry. She opened a stall, where Bunny saw a huge deer that looked like the Great Prince's cousin, this bloke had huge antlers that it had to hurt the deer to even life his head. As it marched into a room that was covered by a trapdoor as she shut it. She opened another door as she went to his stall, she had him on blankets as she pulled on them. Bunny looked at her as she pulled him down a ramp into a room as she ran past him going into the doorway and shutting the door. Bunny looked around to see that he was in some underground stalls.

He jolted when he heard some snorting to look to see one of Mother Nature's white deer looking at him.